Study to Assess Mechanisms in Peripheral Tissue Innervation for Fibromyalgia

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

25

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 5, 2010

Primary Completion Date

September 9, 2015

Study Completion Date

September 9, 2015

Conditions
Fibromyalgia
Interventions
DRUG

Duloxetine

Subjects will be titrated onto Duloxetine over one week by taking 30 mg every day for seven days. Week 2 the subject will begin to take 60 mg per day until the end of the study. If the subject wishes to stop taking Duloxetine, she will be given 30 mg per day for one week for down titration.

PROCEDURE

Skin biopsy

3 mm skin biopsies will be obtained from the dominant trapezius and the glabrous hypothenar area of the hand

Trial Locations (1)

12208

Neurosciences Institute, Albany Medical College, Albany

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
lead

Albany Medical College

OTHER